Ground operations
What a panna pramukh actually does — and how to tell if yours is working
One worker per page of the voter list is the easy part. Knowing whether the work happened is the part that decides the seat.
From the CPSR INDIA desk
Analysis of campaign method, voter behaviour and electoral data. We write about how elections are fought, not about who should win them.
Research method
How constituency surveys are conducted, and what the margin of error really means
Sample size, weighting and the honest limits of a number that arrives three months before polling.
Data
Reading a booth: what previous results tell you about the next election
Booth-level history is the cheapest data a campaign has, and the least used. A practical method for classifying a constituency.
Polling day
The duties and rights of a booth level agent on polling day
Form 17A, Form 17C, VVPAT protocol and the escalation route — what an agent is entitled to do, and what they are not.
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